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Invest in Israel Newsletter – August 2012 Edition

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RENEWABLE ENERGY ALLIANCE BETWEEN COMPANIES FROM ISRAEL AND EL SALVADOR. Israel’s SDE Wave Power Plants and El Salvador’s El Esplendor Development Corp recently announced an alliance to execute Wave Power Technology in El Salvador and California.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter January 2012

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Though a global innovator, Apple in 2010 only invested 2% of its revenue in R&D, much lower than other high-tech companies. Cornell University and the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology have been chosen to build a cutting-edge NYC Tech Campus that will serve as a global magnet for tech talent and entrepreneurship.

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The Boundaryless Era: the Time for Distributed Teams

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Companies are relying on the engineering talent provided by remote, distributed, or as we call them , boundaryless teams. For some time now, it has been possible to outsource engineering labor to other countries. They’re low cost and capable of delivering specific — but mostly basic — engineering services.